Geitodoris planata. About 7 very small tripinnate gills, pale fawn marked with dark brown, partially separated into left and right groups. Tightly packed rounded tubercles on mantle. LWS. Dorset, England. September 2011.

Species

Geitodoris planata

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Malcolm Storey, www.bioimages.org.uk

Geitodoris planata. Tightly packed rounded tubercles on mantle. Short rhinophore, with stout pale brown stem, and about 12 yellowish lamellae, all sprinkled finely with purplish brown. Pit margins slightly raised by tubercles. Dorset. September 2011.

Species

Geitodoris planata

Photographer / copyright holder

Malcolm Storey, www.bioimages.org.uk

Geitodoris planata. Length 33mm. Low profile similar to planarian worm, mantle skirt almost horizontal. Small gills retracted into cavity. Foot protruded very slightly at posterior as in motion. LWS. Dorset, England. September 2011.

Species

Geitodoris planata

Photographer / copyright holder

Malcolm Storey, www.bioimages.org.uk

Geitodoris planata, out of water. L. 33mm. Orange-brown mantle. s: pale stellate area around acid secreting pale papilla. g: pale fawn and dark brown gills. Camouflaged by dull colour and shadowless flat profile. LWS. Dorset, England. September 2011.

Species

Geitodoris planata

Photographer / copyright holder

Malcolm Storey, www.bioimages.org.uk

7 Archidoris pseudoargus moving. Length 60mm. Foot protruding slightly at posterior. Mantle edge raised, exposing upper surface of foot and under surface of mantle. Menai Strait, Wales. March 2012.

Species

Doris pseudoargus Rapp, 1827

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

6 Archidoris pseudoargus. Length 15mm. Lemon yellow with brownish blotches. Gills similar colour to mantle. Portland Harbour, Dorset. April 2012.

Species

Doris pseudoargus Rapp, 1827

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

5 Archidoris pseudoargus. Conical rhinophores in distinct pits. Smooth whitish stem, broadens rapidly at base. Distally, about twenty yellow lamellae, alternately large and small, and a very small truncate apex. Menai Strait. March 2012.

Species

Doris pseudoargus Rapp, 1827

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

4 Archidoris pseudoargus. Length 60mm. Underside of mantle uniformly coloured with no markings, but strong dorsal colour shows slightly through periphery. Small head with vestigal oral tentacles, only visible from underside. Menai Strait. March 2012.

Species

Doris pseudoargus Rapp, 1827

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

3 Archidoris pseudoargus. Length 60mm. Ground colour buff-orange. Disruptively camouflaged with purple blotches. Large tripinnate gills; when expanded in water: recurved, undulating, spreading and semi-prone. Menai Strait. March 2012.

Species

Doris pseudoargus Rapp, 1827

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

2 Archidoris pseudoargus. Gills arranged around anal papilla (arrow) which is coloured as mantle. Orange faeces, from consumption of sponge, resting on gill. Menai Strait, Wales. March 2012.

Species

Doris pseudoargus Rapp, 1827

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

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